An overview of the solid state fermentation in the production of fungal protease enzymesAn overview of the solid state fermentation in the production of fungal protease enzymes

Enzymes are among the most important products obtained for human needs through microbial sources. A large number of industrial processes in the area of industrial, environmental and food technology utilize enzymes at some stage or another; Solid State Fermentation (SSF) holds tremendous potential for the production of enzymes, especially in those processes where the crude fermented product may be used directly as the enzyme source.  Fungal proteases are used in many industrial processes for the production of foods and metabolites, production of enzymes from fungi offered many advantages which include low cost and high productivity. Hence because of the higher yielding capacity of SSF and the demand for proteases it highly imperative to search for novel microorganisms from possible environment and subject them to SSF for protease investigation to add up to the nation need of the enzymes and boast economy.